Learning to Write

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It is a very exciting time when your children are ready to learn to write.

Here are some useful resources for teaching children early writing skills.

Quick Links:

Pre-writing Activities
Letter Tracing Sheets
Writing Schedule
Extra Tips for Success
Links to Other Writing Sites




Pre-Writing Activities

Colouring in colouring books - using crayons and coloured pencils
Doodling
Drawing
Tracing around shapes
Writing with chalk on the blackboard
Writing on concrete paths with chalk





Letter Tracing SheetsNew!

These tracing sheets can be printed off and used by your children for writing practice.

a   b   c   d   e   f   g   h   i   j   k   l   m   n   o   p   q   r   s   t   u   v   w   x   y   z  




Writing Schedule


Here is the schedule which my children use as they learn to write. They start with the more easily formed lower-case letters and then move on to the more complex.

Week Letter Week Letter
1l 14w
2 i 15 x
3t 16z
4 o 17 j
5 c 18 g
6 a 19 y
7 b 20 f
8 d 21 h
9 p 22 n
10 q 23 m
11 k 24 e
12 u 25 r
13 v 26 s




Extra Tips For Success

Don't pressure your children to write. They will realise that writing is essential to learning in their own time.

Encourage your child to take responsibility for their own learning. Sit down and talk with them about what they want to achieve. When they are ready to learn to write, make writing a part of their daily schedule.

Let them choose which part of the day they will practice their writing skills.

Let them choose which writing activities they will do for the day.

Vary your child's writing activities. One day they can work on tracing a letter, another they can try to trace shapes, another they can colour in. This keeps exercising the muscles needed for writing and also keeps your child interested in writing.

Above all, make learning to write fun. If they are not enjoying themselves, then they need to take a break.





Writing Links

Basic Handwriting for Kids

Handwriting Without Tears

WriteGuide

Writing Practice Worksheets from FamilyEducation.com




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